It's like the ultimate Fred Hiatt op-ed. Any hack can scold voters for not supporting Pain Caucus policies that are as senseless in theory as they've been devastating in practice. But to call the result of an election "shrill" is pretty special.
Author: Scott Lemieux
North Carolina constitutionally entrenches its ban on same-sex marriage and bans domestic partnerships. As Allison Kilkenny notes, all 11 former Confederate states have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage.
Jon Rauch has the latest argument that a Supreme Court decision striking down the PPACA would be Great News For Liberals. Alas, it's wrong on multiple levels. Alas, it's wrong.
To approach the question of principle in political leadership from yet another angle, in light of Biden's quasi-endorsement of same-sex marriage there's been a lot of speculation of what Obama "really" thinks about same-sex marriage. I suppose if I had to guess I would say...
A commenter notes this gem from Mark Bauerlein, last seen whining that Naomi Schaefer Riley's knowledge-free race-baiting was not being addressed with the appropriate civility. Obama, says Bauerlein, is undermining.
Looks like Naomi Schaefer Riley will have more time to spend on the wingnut welfare circuit, martyr division. ...Shorter Rod Dreher: "how could Riley have been fired for her attack.
Last week, somebody asked me about Robert Caro's response to the extensive criticism the second volume of his LBJ biography received for taking a Manichean view of the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate primary between LBJ and the ultra-reactionary Coke Stevenson in which Stevenson was the...
One of the important points made by Krugman in his analysis of the French election and its potential effects: One answer — an answer that makes more sense than almost.
Motivated by a good student question and Paul Waldman's post about the fundamental irrelevance of motives in evaluating politicians, I have a post at the Prospect arguing that for great.
Steven Greenhouse has a story unsurprisingly but usefully showing that the bad economy is pushing more young people into unpaid internships. One particular point of interest to me is the question of their legality: The Labor Department says that if employers do not want to...
Shorter Naomi Schaefer Riley: African American studies is such a worthless field you can tell the research is useless just by reading dissertation titles. More here, here, here, and here..
Another accusation of sexual assault against the unluckiest man in France is being investigated: French prosecutors are seeking to widen an investigation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former chief of the.